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. 2019 Mar 21;5(1):e11285. doi: 10.2196/11285

Table 3.

Population size estimates for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in Port Moresby, Lae, and Mount Hagen using unique object multiplier (UOM), service multiplier organizations (ORG1, ORG2, ORG3, ORG4), and successive sampling-population size estimation (SS-PSE) in 2015 and 2016.

Population size estimation method Multiplier number, N Survey, % Estimate, (95% CI) Male urban population size based on total, %a
Port Moresby, N=194,834a




UOM





Unweighted 598 8.8 6834 (4735-8932) 3.5


Weighted 598 8 7487 (3975-11,000) 3.8

ORG1





KP membership






Unweighted 792 5.8 13,773 (8388-19,158) 7.1



Weighted 792 4.2 18,644 (13,773-23,514) 9.6


HIV testing






Unweighted 183 8 2288 (1597-2978) 1.2



Weighted 183 7.8 2380 (1218-3543) 1.2

ORG2





HIV testing






Unweighted b b b b



Weighted b b b b

ORG3





HIV testing






Unweighted 7 1.3 560 (299-821) 0.3



Weighted 7 1.5 501 (0-1175) 0.3

ORG4





HIV testing






Unweighted 8 0.8 1067 (116-2017) 0.5



Weighted 8 0.3 2185 (0-4941) 1.1

SS-PSE c c 3846 (3074-4200) 2
Lae, N=46,076a




UOM





Unweighted 777 21.3 3647 (2951-4343) 7.9


Weighted 777 16.8 4669 (3068-6271) 10.1

SS-PSE c c 3455 (2752-3672) 7.5
Mount Hagen, N=17,400a




UOM





Unweighted 152 4.5 3374 (532-6217) 19.4


Weighted 152 4.2 3625 (754-6497) 20.8

ORG2





HIV testing






Unweighted b b b b



Weighted b b b b

SS-PSE c c 1095 (913-1151) 6.3

aValues provided by the 2011 census of Papua New Guinea.

bNot available.

cNot applicable.